Every person who shall engage in emergency excavation shall take all necessary and reasonable precaution to avoid or minimize interference with or damage to existing cable television lines and related facilities in and near the construction area and shall notify as promptly as possible the owners of the cable television lines and related facilities located in or near the emergency excavation area. In the event of any damage to or dislocation of any cable television lines and related facilities caused by the emergency excavation work, the person responsible for the excavation shall immediately notify the owner thereof.
History: 1953 Comp., § 69-14-4, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 328, § 4.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 63 - Railroads and Communications
Article 11 - Excavation Damage to Cable Television Lines
Section 63-11-1 - Purpose and intent.
Section 63-11-2 - Definitions.
Section 63-11-4 - Emergency excavation.
Section 63-11-5 - Marking of facilities.
Section 63-11-7 - Liability for negligence notwithstanding information obtained.